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The manager left a message on my machine Friday that they want to offer me the position. I called and left a message for him that I would call him back this morning. I'm making a list of any and...

I know it sounds nuts to even think about quitting a FT job for a prn position. (We get our insurance with my husband's job.) I keep going over the pros and cons. Pros: 1. This is a really...

I am a full time RN at my current hospital. I love my job, but there are a few things that are causing me to look at other hospitals. The biggest problem I have with my current job is the high...

I'm a little OCD when it comes to washing my hands, sanitizing my work station, etc. I almost fell out when a coworker asked me to help in a room and then she didn't "don" gloves to do pericare and...

I'm an RN in Women's Health on a mostly postpartum floor where we do couplet care. We almost always have 8 pts. For example, 4 couplets or 3 couplets + 2 antepartums. Sometimes we get GYN pts too....

The preceptors on our floor take a course to be preceptors. They are assigned one trainee and that trainee stays with only them until they are off orientation. The preceptors also make a little...

caliotter3, That's awful, I'm really sorry to hear that.

caliotter3, a decrease in pay, that would really stink! I'm not complaining about the $.17/hr pay raise. I just want to hear what others have done when going from new grad to more experienced...

As a new grad, just off orientation I was called off even when it wasn't my turn. I remember being upset about this and asking the charge nurse why I was being called off out of turn. She explained...

merlee, the evals were done at the time of the $.17/hr raise and I think we all got the same percentage, across the board. Mine was less than 1% but my evals were great. Esme12, 2-4% would be...

Caliotter3, we're not union. I'm very thankful for my job and know that the economy is tough now. From what I can tell, there are different levels of nursing, new grad being the bottom and least...

Thanks, Crux1024. I'll find out what the policy is at my hospital. I feel like I am finally coming out of the "new grad" fog!

I was a new grad when I was hired and started out at the new grad pay rate of $22.75/hour as my base pay plus differentials. I work on a women's services floor of a hospital in the south. I...

I was also hired as a new grad into the Mother/Baby unit. I had a great preceptor who taught me well and was very patient and encouraging. My orientation was 12 weeks. I have been working there...

Congratulations on getting the externship. Make sure you know your normal ranges for infant HR, Resp, Temp and mother's normal range for HGB & HCT and vital signs. Brush up on how to do assessments...

I made this "brain" working with mother/baby couplets. Hopefully you can copy and paste it into a works document to see how it is supposed to look. The Mom's info is at the top and the baby's is at...

I hate how the textbooks refer to patients as clients. I'm glad to read here that the term is not used in the real world!

Congratulations!!!! Welcome back to your life!!! :yeah:

I found our this afternoon that I passed the NCLEX with the quick results!!!! The PVT worked!!:nurse:

Thank you for prayers and encouragement!!!

I survived the NCLEX. It shut off at 75 questions. It took me 2 hours! I kept having to read the questions 2 and 3 times to make sure I knew what they were asking. I left there thinking that I...

Here I go...I'm leaving now!

Thanks procrastin8r-RN. I appreciate your thoughts and prayers. I hope you have a relaxing day before your test.

Today at 12:30 I'll be taking the NCLEX-RN. I was a nervous wreck yesterday, all day and couldn't go to sleep very well last night. :zzzzz But, I feel better today. I have studied and done hundreds...

I always made strong bonds with the people in my clinical groups. Our clinicals were from 7:00 a.m. til 3:45 p.m. We preplanned together and helped each other out during the day. Try to be there...